Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (WN)

――――

Svalbard's throat froze as he looked at his face in the mirror.

A familiar face, but a familiar one with a resistance -- that's right, my mirrored face is a relic of the past that can no longer be seen in faded memories.

─ ― Because the face of the young Natsuki and Subaru boy was reflected there.

"What, what, this..."

The hand holding the mirror trembles, and the young face with a pale face shakes slightly.

With the opposite hand holding the mirror, when I touched my face to confirm it, a small finger came into view through the mirror than the memory suitable for a young face.

Natsuki Subaru, about ten years old, in terms of appearance and length.

When I was in elementary school, I counted the height of the messy Subaru earlier, and now that my limbs have been stretched out, it is the average height of the Japanese, but at that time it must have been small.

From that point of view, I wanted to grow up quickly.

"What the hell...!?"

In the mirror, your lips and eyes are shaking, not just because your hands are trembling.

It was a clear sign that my soul was rejecting the anomaly I was seeing.

It's a nightmare, a worthy sight to call it.

If you call this "rejuvenation" in the end, there may be a lot of people who dream of it, but Subaru, a teenager of raw hatred and flowers, has nothing to do with such aspirations.

However, even if it is an ambitious one, we will make it a condition that we want you to choose the time and case.

To that extent, this was a ridiculous state of emergency.

"I can't do this..."

After spending a long time returning to me, Subaru rushed toward the bedroom door.

"Rejuvenating" is not the best way to rejuvenate your lodging. It is natural to think that this was an attack from someone hostile.

We need to hurry, share information with our fellow guests, and find a way to break it out.

"Everyone, this is going to suck!" I'm surprised all of a sudden... "

"Ah, I knew it, Subaru's tiny too!"

Huh?

The moment I twisted the doorknob that felt higher and heavier than usual and opened the door vigorously, I greeted Subaru unexpectedly - no, it was a fitting sight to be expected.

Outside the bedroom, in the living room where several people met together, Subaru's face was broken by a girl waving a clear smile at her adorable face.

Clear blue eyes and characteristically knitted blonde hair - the brightness of the sun like a mistake - easily linked the girl to the woman in Subaru's memory.

"Mi, medium-san...?"

"That's right! When I wake up, it's tiny, and I'm surprised!" But I'm relieved that Svalbard's tiny. Companions, companions! "

While making her hands long live, she said that she was a 12- or 13-year-old girl with a thin cloth on her bare skin-medium O'Connell and someone who would declare herself.

As a woman, she was fairly tall and medium, but she was caught in the same phenomenon as Subaru, and her sense of size was shrinking. Still, she was about half as big as the shrinking Subaru.

No matter what--

"I can honestly rejoice in the fact that I've found a companion... oh!?"

Ugh!

Subaru was about to swallow the first shock, and his body was blown away by the shock from lying on his side. Someone pressed against his flipped chest.

In this sense of oppression, Svalbard unexpectedly screams like a crushed frog.

"Oh! Louie, no!" Svalbard, you're so tiny! "

Ahhh!

C 'mon! I can't lift Louie because I'm too tiny ~

Medium desperately tears apart the jittery and rampaging beasts on your chest. But with her shrinking slender arms, she can't stop the barbarism of her wicked tyranny.

As it is, the place where the Natsuki and Subaru boys were ravaged without any tricks--

"Louis, no!" Will the Subaru be crushed?! "

"Ahhh"

Along with a sharp voice of reprimand, the heavy monster on my chest shifted away. Looking at it, it was Louis with a sad face that kept him away from the supine Subaru.

Putting her hand on Louie's side, she was lifted by a tarritar with dark blue hair - a figure that was no different from what Subaru knew.

"Tarrita, thanks!" I wasn't strong enough.

”Y-yeah, this much... Subarmo, are you all right?”

"Oh, oh, thank goodness.... you didn't have anything to do with it, did you?"

Svalbard took the medium hand and looked into the back of the room.

Sitting on the sofa, she looked at Abel, a dark-haired man with a ghostly face covering her face.

I think there are some things that I didn't try to help at all, but there are also things that are reassuring.

"Abel, nothing..."

There is no change in its appearance from yesterday, including hiding its face.

Is that a good thing to say, as it stands, I can't even judge it.

However, the fact that Abel, who was blind, did not welcome this situation, was transmitted by the grumpy signs that were transmitted through the demon face.

In fact, he turned his gaze to Subaru as evidence that his heart was in a calm situation.

It's ugly, isn't it?

And so, I cut out this tragedy with one word and threw it away.

”... I think I'm quite cute and lovely myself, though.”

Upon being pointed out that there was no body and no lid, Subaru slammed his hate mouth with a spinal reflex. However, Subaru himself knew that it was nothing more than a hate speech.

The abnormal situation that occurred with Subaru and Medium, it didn't seem to affect Abel, Tarrita, or Louis--

"When that happens, the other one..."

"--I 'm glad you cared, brother. I thought you'd forgotten."

"--Oh"

As soon as he found the last of his companions who were staying in the same house, he was given the answer.

Eyes open and a dark-haired person emerges from another bedroom in front of Subaru. A boy of the same age as Subaru - around ten years old - catches my eye with his weird body.

After all, the boy wrapped a suitably torn cloth around his face and hid his face.

"Al, isn't that right?... what's with the mask?"

"... the size of the helmet doesn't fit me anymore." Instead, I only thought of wrapping it with cloth. Don't worry about it too much. "

"I don't care if you say it, but you do..."

With that said, Al boy, who was hiding his face, waved his right hand at Subaru flutteringly.

Since there is not as much area to hide as the helmet that I usually wear, the tied black hair that I usually hide is exposed. Before I put on my ghost face, I was reminded of Abel, who was hiding his face with a piece of cloth, but Al's way of wrapping it was much more complicated.

It's like a bad killer in a movie.

"... I know you can't wear a helmet, but don't you have to force it to cover your face?"

"Oh, that's a lack of delicacy, brother." The helmet isn't wearing Date or drunkenness, it's a manifestation of the complex. Even if you look like a child or grown-up, your brain won't fade. - It's not like my arm's been restored. In other words, even the wounds on your face have disappeared. It's the same for brothers, isn't it? "

"That's..."

With that said, Al boy's left arm - it's the same, and it's a testament to Al's current state of awareness that he's lost both of his arms.

Subaru, Al, and Medium unintentionally rejuvenated. But it's not a rewind of time, it's a clear strange thing happening to the flesh.

――――

After hearing Al's words, Subaru rolls up his dabbo shirt to make sure that the old wounds in his body have not disappeared. The little one's body was engraved with scars that made him want to turn away. ― ― The years spent in this other world have not disappeared.

In that case, I hadn't really thought about the day when I would be relieved by the existence of the wound.

However, the wound tells me. This is just a situation where your limbs are shrinking.

Of course...

It's just that your limbs are shrinking, there's no way such a strange fate can happen to you

"That's right. Hmmm, I might not be able to help you with your work." You're weak, you're in big trouble! "

"Certainly, there's no doubt that O'Connell's brothers and sisters have been hit hard in business..."

The same is true of long-term business plans, but the immediate problem is probably a pile of them.

Currently, Subaru's problem is that he doesn't have suitable clothes, but Al and Medium shouldn't.

Al, I told you that the size of the helmet doesn't fit, but what about the weapon?

Your insight. It's not very nice, but I can't swing this cute little arm like that.

"It might be tough for me to hold both of them." I can do something about one... ahhh "

"Watch out!"

It was a medium that pulled out one of the twin swords from the sheath placed aside, but the blade slashed out of her grip and almost broke Subaru's knee.

Barely, the tip of the blade swept over Subaru and pierced the floor, but it was frightened.

"Wow, Svalbard, I'm sorry..."

"Well, it didn't sting... but it's pretty bad."

Dropped tightly, the medium sword pierced the floor and carefully returned to its sheath.

Until yesterday, weapons that could be handled freely were completely unusable. In the medium term, which is expected to be effective as a fighting force, it will be an emergency situation where my foundation will be shaken.

The same can be said of Al, regardless of his militant role.

This means that you're the only one with the right strength right now, right?

"Ehhhh! I'll do my best even if I'm tiny!?"

"I'll buy my temper, but it doesn't meet the labor standards law..."

It's nice to have a medium posture that doesn't frustrate you, but you also need to have a realistic view of the situation.

In this state, only Talitta can fight properly, Al and Medium. ― ― Even if she's certain of her abilities, I can only say that she's very nervous in enemy territory.

"It's me, it's Ke..."

In fact, Tarrita herself correctly sees the pressure.

Because we cannot divide the roles that we should have been able to share, and we will take on the roles with those shoulders.

I apologize to Tarrita for that, but...

"It will put a lot of strain on you. But what do we do from here? I think I have eyes to watch, but do you want to escape the chaos frame?"

"... is that the idea that you're the erotic castle owner, brother?"

It's just the three of us that got hurt.

Asked by Al, Svalbard nodded quietly.

Not to mention what Subaru and Al and the Medium had in common, they went to Red Ribbon Castle yesterday as messengers. In that case, doubting Yoruna's involvement against the backdrop of her shrinking limbs would be a perfectly plausible idea.

It seems that you're not unexpectedly upset.

And Abel, who was contemplating silently, interrupted the story of Subaru and Al.

Certainly, I was quite upset immediately after I woke up, but this experience of encountering Al and Medium in the same situation has greatly reduced the agitation.

In a sense, the existence of a medium-sized [companion] may be said to be the truth.

Of course...

"I may have just missed the time to flutter in surprise." After you find more inconveniences in this body, you may notice the importance of your lost height and weight. "

"Even if you shrink, you're still a man."

"Adaptability and ingenuity are the few things I sell."

Svalbard said it without hesitation, though it seemed to be more and more scornful. As expected, Abel's gaze sharpened across the demon's face, and he muttered in amazement, “Keep your mouth shut.”

But it doesn't end there, it keeps on talking.

"You can throw away your doubts about Yoruna Michigle." Your anomalies are different from your manipulation. "

"... are you sure?"

"As far as I can deduce, yes." It's up to you to decide if it's worth believing in. "

Abel directly denies Subaru's suspicions.

However, it seemed that the only basis for denying it was Abel. Believe it or not, they throw it freely, and Subaru bends his mouth to the letter.

But it didn't take long to bother me.

"--Okay, but if it wasn't Yoruna, who did?"

“Probably Albert Dunklken was the one who created the cause.”

"Albert... you know, yesterday's grandfather!"

Swallowing the frustration, Abel named the designer of the situation to Subaru, who believed in the conjecture.

What he said was the name of a short old man who was supposed to be one of the "Nine Divine Generals", a companion of the false emperor encountered yesterday at Red Ribbon Castle.

The third from the top of the ranks of the most powerful generals in the Empire. Of course, Svalbard was also expecting to have undisputed prowess.

"I didn't think you were such a surprised person who could trigger such an unexplained situation....."

"I don't know his bottom either." However, we cannot deny what happened....... but if you only fake your appearance, there's a possibility that you're not Albalt. "

"... unfortunately, there seems to be no line to hallucination"

I've already tried the method of pinching my own cheek and waking up from my dreams.

It is unlikely that you are hallucinating or madly aware of magic or drugs. The fact that his hands and feet were short was proof that he had defeated Louis' strength and weight.

The effect on the physical body, such as the size of Subaru's clothes and Al's helmet, should not be overlooked.

I guess Abel thought he wanted it too thin. I didn't even try to argue specifically with Subaru, who complained that it was only a realistic effect.

"For the time being, it's fine not to run away with your tail rolled up... it's troublesome." Even Abel, who was the Emperor, doesn't know how to fight his grandfather, does he? Who the hell are you? "

"He is the leader of a party that has mastered a special technique called 'Shinobi'."

"Shinobi... ninja?"

"- What is that?"

Inadvertently, Abel asked Subaru as she frowned.

When you hear "Shinobi", it's probably the "Ninja" with the same meaning that is associated with it in a reflexive way. But it sounded fresh or strange to Abel.

However, it seems that Svalbard has the knowledge of the world that Svalbard knows, like when he first learned about Carrara Valley and Wahoo architecture, and it makes him feel the remnants.

”Do you use ninjutsu or assassinate people in the dark?”

"I don't know about carrots, but the main role of Shinobi is not different from your understanding."... but that shouldn't be an easy piece of information to come up with? "

"In my area, similar workers are called ninjas." Hey, Al. "

"Yeah? Yeah, that's right. Four humorous tortoises."

Do you remember the same entanglement as Subaru? Al's answer, while thinking about it, was somewhat unrealistic. It's a popular anime character of the past years, and I don't hate Subaru.

In any case, Abel would not understand the details, and he seemed to think of it as a senseless topic just digging in, so he didn't try to penetrate and listen.

Instead, he said, "Ah!" Medium rolled his big eyes,

"If it was Grandpa's fault yesterday, it could be that!" Look, when you run away from the castle..... "

"When are you running away?... ah"

"Me and Subaru-chin, we both got poked in the chest together!"

Although it was a medium scream with rough words, Subaru also had something in mind.

That was yesterday's escape from Red Ribbon Castle - during a life-threatening offensive to achieve Yoruna's ill-conceived conditions.

Alvaro's blows followed Subaru as he escaped from the Kahuma Tsuzu, the guard of the false emperor, and broke through the walls of the Heavenly Palace to escape.

However, the attack of the [Nine God Generals] did not cause any damage to Subaru.

--That's what I decided to do. But it couldn't have been anything.

"That's why you can't expect this, normally...!" I guess that explains it to me and Mr. Medium, but what about Al? Why are you shrinking? "

"Oh no, brother. Before I jumped out, I also confronted my grandfather." It's not strange to be poked somewhere. I thought it would be Nocan if it was a scratch. "

Low voice---just a low voice at the boy's level before the change, and Al muttered to blame his clue.

But Al is wrong to blame himself. Al did his part to bring Subaru and Medium back from that desperate situation. The same can be said for medium.

So it was Subaru who should have noticed.

If we weren't going to be useful, we should have been aware of everything.

The result of failing to do so was this [ugliness] that Abel also told me about.

"Like this, Lem can't really show you... the same size as Bear, you'll be treated more and more like Emilia Tan than younger."

Even if I shrink, I don't really think that the princess will be as cute as Schult-chan, so it's like who gets what.

"Unexpectedly, everyone is calm... I'm confused..."

Subaru and Al, describing their shrinking bodies, were exposed to Tarrita with a pale complexion.

With Louis in her arms, Tarrita's only strength was puzzled. It's as if you feel guilty for sparing yourself the damage.

Of course, it was Tarrita who was physically and mentally normal here.

”Honestly, if I don't slap you lightly, I'm going to scream”

Is that so?

"Yeah.... that's disgusting."

My own flesh at a young age, but not my own.

My flesh can be unintentionally remade. The collapse of the definition of self is disgusting.

――――

Until now, Subaru is proud to have encountered various things in a different world.

Although the experience of "death" is the most intense, it can be said that the intensity of this one and a half year's experience was so intense in colour, taste and density that it was not comparable to that of humans.

Compared to any experience like this, the disgust that is hard to put into the pen tongue by the sense of being able to make yourself different is outstanding.

"This is how the victim of [lust] feels..."

Holding her thin and small shoulders, the sound of a feather echoed in Subaru's mind as she bit her back teeth.

It was the wings of the people in the city of Watergate who suffered from the power of the [lust] major sin bishop - the flesh was transformed into a sacrifice, and it was the memory of the victims who were still waiting for salvation.

Their tragedy, which was transformed into something entirely different as a creature by being transformed into a young self, easily overshadows Subaru's faint understanding.

Doing something that imposes such a sensation, that's exactly--

- Let's say it's vicious.

It was Abel who put his arms around Subaru's heart, and it was Abel who held his breath.

He turned to Subaru's unreliable gaze as he looked towards him.

"Alvaro's nickname is [Malicious Onion]... and deserves his name. He uses Shinobi's skills to carry out all kinds of special tasks."

Special Agent, hey, is that also a stupid act like you're targeting a baby?

"Do you have any special instructions?" ─ ─ However, in view of this tragedy, it may not be impossible.

――――

Al responded to Abel with a word, but it was accompanied by jokes and a weight that could not be laughed away.

In fact, it's impossible to even guess how far Alvaro's skill would be possible after Subaru, Al, and Medium were all so young.

If you grasp the situation, you will feel the most uneasy at the moment.

"You can go back to this... right?"

“I can't say for sure. But it's only natural to think that there's a way back.”

Well, what's the rationale for that?

There's no other reason why I shouldn't die soon, but to negotiate with the opponent.

After hearing Abel's guess and the basis, Subaru quietly convinced herself.

This phenomenon--For the sake of convenience, I will call it "infantilization", but I will consider it an act of poisoning, and try to think of the other party that will not lead to instant death.

If this is any way to extract some kind of concession.

"So, there's some kind of contact from the opponent..."

"I repeat, I can't say for sure, but--"

Looking back at the breathtaking Tarita, Abel put down that his high hopes were for poison. And when Abel tried to stay ahead of the words.

― ― The door of the room was knocked on from the outside.

"--Oh"

There is also a last-minute story, and everyone's awareness and tension are directed to the door.

Svalbard also hardened himself, wondering if it was a precursor to the contact from Alvaro that brought about the [infantilization]. But ─ ─

"- Excuse me in the morning. It is for the use of Yoruna Michigle."

The voice that was delivered through the door was unexpected news only at this moment.

Due to discouragement and loss of beat, the rising tension relaxes slackly. On the other hand, it was delayed to understand that the reply to yesterday's letter came from the messenger from Joruna.

In addition, you will notice the voice of the Lord who brought the reply.

"This voice is from yesterday's deer." Look, it's Tanza-chan. "

"It's kind of like that. Okay. Well then, let me in... okay?"

Nodding to the medium with his fingers up, Subaru asked Abel if he wanted to enter the room. Abel nodded slowly in silence at Subaru's gaze.

Seeing that, Subaru tries to head to the door to pick up visitors.

"Yes, this is me."

It was Tarrita who blocked the Subaru and took the initiative to come forward. She entrusted Louis to Medium, then lowered the Subaru and headed for the door.

In this regard, it must be said that Svalbard lacks a sense of crisis. I couldn't open the door without thinking about it.

The current situation, such as Subaru's shrinking vigilance, was no different from defenselessness.

"I'm sorry to bother you. I have come to deliver the words of Yoruna-sama."

It was definitely the deer girl Tanza who bowed down and appeared across the threshold.

Just like yesterday, a girl in a dirty look stepped into the room, and she caught sight of the faces that greeted her and stopped.

It is unclear what the poorly-expressed girl thought of a space with so many children. However, it should be added that the girl's gaze stopped the longest when she was a suspicious man in a ghost face.

Anyway, the girl looked around the room,

What happened to the messengers yesterday?

"Ugh... I'm taking it off for a bit, but should I call it in?"

"--No, if you could tell me later"

Tanza's awareness was attracted to Abel in the back of the room.

I thought I was too much of a squire, but there are some things that are surprisingly cute, such as not being able to look away from interesting things.

Nevertheless, her report will have a significant impact on the future of Svalbard.

With a quiet nervousness, Tanza's words were awaited.

And then--

"After reading the letter, I want you to officially reply to Yoruna." Therefore, I would like everyone to report to Red Ribbon Castle. "

"... did you read it to me?"

I am relieved by the words of Tanza, who bows down and says so.

It may be a rude story, but I suspected that Yoruna might have broken the letter and thrown it away.

It can be said to have the same sense of security as dealing with a high-pitched cat or Priscilla. If I didn't find the right tactic, I'd have that impression.

”I don't deny that it's difficult for the princess to handle, but as expected, TPO... no, I'm not so sure about that either”

Al tried to defend Priscilla by reading Svalbard's complexion into his heart, but he gave up. This is a testament to his difficulty in dealing with Priscilla, who he is deeply attached to.

Regardless, one side of the imminent situation seems to be moving calmly and relieved.

Now, the only major problem is Subaru's [infantilization].

May the Lord who wrote the letter and the messengers of yesterday come to the Heavenly Palace.

-Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh

――

Tanza lowered her round eyebrows and tilted her neck as she overheard a spilled moan.

Unable to understand the upset, Subaru shook his head with a thoughtful smile and said, "Nothing, nothing", forcing Tanza's suspicions to mislead him.

So you're convinced. Now you're not interested. Tanza's neck is tilted back.

I'll be waiting for you at Red Ribbon Castle when the fire bell rings.

"Fine, fine. It's a big deal." Get back. "

"- Yes, excuse me."

The designation of the time - the bell of the moment of fire can be taken to mean roughly noon.

Informing the setting of the meeting with Joruna, Tanza bowed to the spot and turned away to leave the room. And, "Um" on his back, Subaru called out.

Yes, what is it?

"Just to be sure, the person who wrote the letter is the main person you called, and yesterday's ambassador is a bonus, right?" In other words, if it is difficult for the ambassador to participate due to various circumstances..... "

"Lord Joruna has told us to invite the messengers."

――――

In this demonic city, I hope you don't change Lord Yoruna's words.

The voice was pale, but it was a reminder of Tanza's unwavering will.

Leaving that behind, I saw off the girl who was leaving and closed the door. After doing that, Svalbard took a deep breath and looked back.

And then--

"... do you think we meet the conditions we just met in this state?"

And I stretched out my arm, and I questioned it.